2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The Men's Pole Vault event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 27 and 29.
Defending champion and Olympic champion Steven Hooker came into the meet injured. He was not able to clear his opening height in the trials.
In the [|final], with three competitors already over 5.85, Paweł Wojciechowski strategically passed his remaining attempts. At 5.90, he cleared on his second attempt for the win. Lázaro Borges also cleared 5.90, but on his third attempt, setting the national record for Cuba in the process. Renaud Lavillenie edged Michalski for the bronze, because Michalski had a miss at 5.75.Medalists
Records
Qualification standards
Schedule
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 5.70 or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 5.20 | 5.35 | 5.50 | 5.60 | 5.65 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Romain Mesnil | | - | - | o | - | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | A | Konstadinos Filippidis | | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | A | Dmitry Starodubtsev | | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Lázaro Borges | | - | o | o | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 1 | B | Renaud Lavillenie | | - | - | o | - | o | 5.65 | q |
| 6 | A | Fábio Gomes da Silva | | - | - | o | xo | o | 5.65 | q |
| 6 | A | Malte Mohr | | - | - | xo | o | o | 5.65 | q |
| 8 | A | Mateusz Didenkow | | - | o | o | o | xo | 5.65 | q |
| 9 | B | Jeremy Scott | | - | o | o | o | - | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | B | Łukasz Michalski | | - | o | xo | o | x- | 5.60 | q |
| 10 | B | Derek Miles | | - | o | xo | o | - | 5.60 | q |
| 12 | A | Daichi Sawano | | - | - | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | A | Paweł Wojciechowski | | - | o | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Jan Kudlička | | - | o | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Steven Lewis | | o | o | o | xxx | | 5.50 | q |
| 12 | B | Igor Bychkov | | o | - | o | x- | xx | 5.50 | q |
| 17 | A | Alhaji Jeng | | - | xo | o | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 18 | B | Jérôme Clavier | | - | o | xo | - | xxx | 5.50 | |
| 18 | B | Yevgeny Lukyanenko | | - | o | xo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 20 | A | Raphael Holzdeppe | | - | - | xxo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 21 | B | Giovanni Lanaro | | - | xo | xxo | xxx | | 5.50 | |
| 22 | A | Mark Hollis | | - | o | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 22 | B | Denys Yurchenko | | - | o | xxx | | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | A | Jere Bergius | | - | xo | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 24 | B | Karsten Dilla | | - | xo | - | xxx | | 5.35 | |
| 26 | B | Kim Yoo-suk | | o | xxx | | | | 5.20 | |
| A | Steven Hooker | | - | - | xxx | | | ' | |
| A | Edi Maia | | xxx | | | | | ' | |
Final
